Korean War veteran asks Nevadans to remember the 'Forgotten War'

6:11 PM,
Jul. 5, 2013

Edward Reilly

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As war raged on the Korean Peninsula in 1950, Edward Reilly decided to drop out of his Southern California high school at the age of 17 to join the Marines.

"I just didn't want to go to school anymore, plus I didn't want to miss out on the war," said Reilly, now 80, while sitting at a diner in Carson City as he reflected on his three years of service during the Korean War.

"It's strange, but my dad was too young for World War I and too old for World War II. I wanted to go - and I was bored with school." ...